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Bowl barrow on Beaford Moor, 400m north east of Cupper's Piece

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📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Carrion Crow, Rook +57 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Tawny Owl, Carrion Crow, Rook +57 more · last seen 2023

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta, Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina, Physcia caesia +48 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta, Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina, Physcia caesia +48 more · last seen 2016

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lesser Skullcap, Heath Bedstraw, Rusty Willow +244 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Lesser Skullcap, Heath Bedstraw, Rusty Willow +244 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Sorrel, Water Mint, Hazel +21 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +32 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +32 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Tarka TrailWalking route

Named routeRef TTRegional walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Tarka TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route4.4 km

Named routeRef 38Length 4.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Tawny Owl · Barn Owl · Snipe

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Barn OwlTyto alba
SnipeGallinago gallinago2017

🦌

Mammals4 species

springautumn

2023

Indet. Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Otter · Hedgehog

Indet. DeerCervidae
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
OtterLutra lutra2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020

🐝

Insects22 species

summer

2024

Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Small Copper +17

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Nemoura cinereaNemoura cinerea2021
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Orthotrichia angustellaOrthotrichia angustella2021
Beraea pullataBeraea pullata2021
Small Grass EmeraldChlorissa viridata2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018

🌿

Plants104 species

summer

2019

Atlantic Ivy · Ragged-Robin · White Clover · Velvet Bent · Pale Butterwort +99

Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica2017
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017
Velvet BentAgrostis canina2017
Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica2017
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2017
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2017
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2017
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2017
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2017
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2017
GorseUlex europaeus2017
Marsh VioletViola palustris2017
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2017
Red CampionSilene dioica2017
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2017
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2017
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2017
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2017
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2017
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2017
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2017
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2017
Western GorseUlex gallii2017
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2017
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2017
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum2017
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017
HazelCorylus avellana2017
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2017
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2017
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2017
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2017
Lesser SkullcapScutellaria minor2017
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2017
BeechFagus sylvatica2017
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2017
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens2017
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2017
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017
Red FescueFestuca rubra2017
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017
Common SedgeCarex nigra2017
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2017
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2017
ElderSambucus nigra2017
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2017
Juncus conglomeratus x effusus = J. x kern-reichgeltiiJuncus conglomeratus x effusus = J. x kern-reichgeltii2017
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2017
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2017
Eared WillowSalix aurita2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2017
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum2017
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2017
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2017
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2017
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2017
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2017
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2017
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2017
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2017
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2017
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2017
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2017
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2017
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2017
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2017
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2017
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017
Devon WhitebeamSorbus devoniensis2017
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2017
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2017
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2017
Common NettleUrtica dioica2017
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2017
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2017
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2017
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2017
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2017
Cirsium dissectum x palustre = C. x forsteriCirsium dissectum x palustre = C. x forsteri2017
Salix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervisSalix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervis2017
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2017
Marsh St John's-wortHypericum elodes2017
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2017
TormentilPotentilla erecta2017
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2017
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2017
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2017
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2017
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2017
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Tawny Owl · Barn Owl · Snipe

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Barn OwlTyto alba
SnipeGallinago gallinago2017

🦌

Mammals4 species

springautumn

2023

Indet. Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Otter · Hedgehog

Indet. DeerCervidae
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
OtterLutra lutra2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020

🐝

Insects22 species

summer

2024

Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Small Copper +17

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Nemoura cinereaNemoura cinerea2021
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Orthotrichia angustellaOrthotrichia angustella2021
Beraea pullataBeraea pullata2021
Small Grass EmeraldChlorissa viridata2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018

🌿

Plants104 species

summer

2019

Atlantic Ivy · Ragged-Robin · White Clover · Velvet Bent · Pale Butterwort +99

Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica2017
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017
Velvet BentAgrostis canina2017
Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica2017
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2017
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2017
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2017
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2017
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2017
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2017
GorseUlex europaeus2017
Marsh VioletViola palustris2017
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2017
Red CampionSilene dioica2017
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2017
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2017
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2017
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2017
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2017
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2017
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2017
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2017
Western GorseUlex gallii2017
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2017
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2017
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum2017
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017
HazelCorylus avellana2017
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2017
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2017
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2017
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2017
Lesser SkullcapScutellaria minor2017
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2017
BeechFagus sylvatica2017
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2017
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens2017
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2017
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017
Red FescueFestuca rubra2017
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017
Common SedgeCarex nigra2017
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2017
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2017
ElderSambucus nigra2017
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2017
Juncus conglomeratus x effusus = J. x kern-reichgeltiiJuncus conglomeratus x effusus = J. x kern-reichgeltii2017
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2017
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2017
Eared WillowSalix aurita2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2017
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum2017
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2017
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2017
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2017
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2017
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2017
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2017
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2017
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2017
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2017
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2017
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2017
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2017
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2017
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2017
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2017
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017
Devon WhitebeamSorbus devoniensis2017
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2017
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2017
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2017
Common NettleUrtica dioica2017
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2017
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2017
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2017
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2017
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2017
Cirsium dissectum x palustre = C. x forsteriCirsium dissectum x palustre = C. x forsteri2017
Salix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervisSalix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervis2017
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2017
Marsh St John's-wortHypericum elodes2017
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2017
TormentilPotentilla erecta2017
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2017
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2017
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2017
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2017
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2017
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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